CHARLES KARLIN, Associate Attorney, focuses his practice on defending major corporations in products liability and premises liability disputes.   In addition, Mr. Karlin has extensive experience representing real estate professionals and principals in commercial and residential real estate disputes.  He is well versed in all aspects of litigation from law and motion through arbitration and trial.  He is a member of the State Bar of California (1990) and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Central Disctrict of California.  Mr. Karlin graduated from Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles in 1990, wehere he acheived Dean's List honors, was a Member and Editor of the Law Review and received a full-tuition merit scholarship.  He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California in 1986 with a B.A. in History.  At Pomona, he was a member of the Track and Cross-Country teams.  Mr. Karlin was born in Chicago, Illinois.  He lives with his wife and two children in Manhattan Beach, California.